Game Guide: Sporting KC vs Seattle Sounders FC by Sporting Kansas City

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK, Kansas City, Kan. Wednesday, May 17 (Week 12, MLS Game #120) 7:30 p.m. CT (FS-KC+; JOEtv)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-5 185 08/30/1995 Chula Vista, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Adrian Zendejas DF 6-1 175 04/24/1997 Napoleon, OH 0 0 0 0 10 6 0 0 2 Erik Palmer-Brown 3 Ike Opara DF 6-2 180 02/21/1989 Durham, NC 10 10 0 0 97 71 9 3 4 Kevin Ellis DF 5-9 160 06/30/1991 Kansas City, MO 1 1 0 0 64 54 5 5 5 Matt Besler DF 6-0 170 02/11/1987 Kansas City, MO 11 11 0 1 211 205 3 12 6 Ilie Sanchez MF 5-11 170 11/21/1990 Barcelona, Spain 11 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 7 Gerso Fernandes FW 5-8 140 02/21/1991 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau 11 11 2 0 11 11 2 0 Graham Zusi DF 5-10 160 08/18/1986 Orlando, FL 11 10 0 2 205 165 26 50 8 9 Latif Blessing FW 5-7 140 12/30/1996 Accra, Ghana 4 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 10 Benny Feilhaber MF 5-9 160 01/19/1985 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 9 9 2 2 181 165 31 49 FW 5-11 170 05/15/1993 Santiago, Chile 0 0 0 0 15 3 1 0 11 Diego Rubio 14 Dom Dwyer FW 5-9 180 07/30/1990 Cuckfield, England 10 10 5 1 123 107 57 9 DF 5-10 170 01/28/1987 Kansas City, MO 11 11 1 1 164 157 1 8 15 Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam DF 6-4 185 09/08/1991 Charlotte, NC 2 0 0 0 54 36 0 7 17 21 Andrew Dykstra GK 6-4 195 01/02/1986 Honolulu, HI 0 0 0 0 31 31 0 1 22 Soony Saad FW 5-10 165 08/17/1992 Dearborn, MI 7 3 0 1 65 29 8 7 23 Colton Storm DF 5-10 175 07/06/1994 Mechanicsburg, PA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Cameron Iwasa FW 5-10 175 07/07/1993 Sacramento, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Roger Espinoza MF 5-11 170 10/25/1986 Puerto Cortes, Honduras 11 11 0 2 171 151 4 22 29 Tim Melia GK 6-1 190 05/15/1986 Great River, NY 11 11 0 0 67 66 0 0 Daniel Salloi FW 6-1 150 07/19/1996 Siofok, Hungary 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 30 39 Cameron Porter FW 6-1 175 05/23/1993 Centerville, OH 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 DF 5-8 145 08/23/1994 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1 1 0 0 24 24 0 2 40 Igor Juliao 77 Tyler Pasher MF 5-11 160 04/27/1994 Elmira, Ontario, Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 Soni Mustivar MF 5-10 170 02/12/1990 Ivry Sur Seine, France 8 0 0 1 58 44 0 3 94 Jimmy Medranda FW 5-8 150 02/07/1994 Mosquera, Colombia 11 10 0 1 52 40 1 3 HEAD COACH : Peter Vermes

11/21/1966 W108 L84 T65

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2017 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A GK 6-4 195 03/12/1993 Woodbury, NJ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Tyler Miller 2 Clint Dempsey MF 6-1 170 03/09/1983 Nacogdoches, TX 10 9 4 1 153 145 63 37 DF 6-1 170 04/20/1985 Phoenix, AZ 1 0 0 0 220 192 24 29 3 Brad Evans 4 Gustav Svensson DF 6-0 170 02/07/1987 Gothenberg, Sweden 10 9 0 1 10 9 0 1 5 Nouhou Tolo DF 5-10 175 06/23/1997 Douala, Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Osvaldo Alonso MF 5-11 155 11/11/1985 San Cristobal, Cuba 10 10 1 0 236 231 10 18 MF 5-8 165 06/03/1995 Artesia, CA 10 10 0 1 65 49 4 5 7 Cristian Roldan 8 Alvaro Fernandez MF 6-1 159 10/11/1985 Soriano, Uruguay 6 2 0 0 84 60 16 5 MF 5-7 150 03/21/1989 Paysandu, Uruguay 10 10 3 4 23 23 7 12 10 Nicolas Lodeiro 11 Aaron Kovar MF 5-10 155 08/14/1993 Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 25 12 1 0 12 Seyi Adekoya FW 5-11 170 12/05/1995 Seattle, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Jordan Morris FW 6-0 185 10/26/1994 Seattle, WA 10 10 2 0 44 42 14 4 Chad Marshall DF 6-4 190 08/22/1984 Riverside, CA 6 6 0 0 349 345 21 13 14 15 Tony Alfaro DF 6-2 190 06/15/1993 Michoacan, Mexico 5 4 0 0 11 5 0 0 17 Will Bruin FW 6-2 194 10/24/1989 St. Louis, MO 9 3 3 0 187 155 53 20 19 Harry Shipp MF 5-9 145 11/07/1991 Lake Forest, IL 9 6 1 0 102 81 13 17 Jordy Delem MF 5-11 156 03/18/1993 Le Francois, Martinique 5 4 0 1 5 4 0 1 21 23 Henry Wingo MF 6-0 170 10/04/1995 Seattle, WA 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 24 Stefan Frei GK 6-3 195 04/20/1986 Altstaetten, Switzerland 10 10 0 0 190 190 0 2 29 Roman Torres DF 6-2 195 03/20/1986 Panama City, Panama 5 4 0 0 18 16 0 1 Zach Mathers MF 5-11 172 04/14/1994 Fort Worth, TX 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 33 Joevin Jones DF 5-11 160 08/03/1991 Carenage, Trinidad & Tobago 10 10 0 5 71 65 3 9 Bryan Meredith GK 6-2 209 08/02/1989 Scotch Plains, NJ 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 35 80 Victor Mansaray FW 5-11 180 02/22/1997 Freetown, Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 91 Oniel Fisher MF 5-9 155 11/22/1991 Portmore, Jamaica 4 3 0 0 22 14 0 1 HEAD COACH : Brian Schmetzer

08/18/1962 W10 L6 T8

SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Wednesday, May 17; Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kan., 7:30 p.m. CT REFEREES

2017 SEASON RECORDS Sporting at home

GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 11 5-2-4 19 13 7 5 4-0-1 13 10 2

REFEREE: Ted Unkel. AR1 (bench): Joe Fletcher; AR2 (opposite): Adam Wienckowski; 4th: Sorin Stoica TEAM NEWS

Sounders FC 10 2-4-4 10 15 16 on road 6 1-3-2 5 9 11

SUSPENDED: SEA: Joevin Jones (through May 21) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: KC: Seth Sinovic SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: KC: Ilie Sanchez, Graham Zusi

LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME: Sporting 4 wins, 12 goals … Sounders FC 7 wins, 13 goals … Ties 3

DISABLED LIST: KC: Diego Kostner INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: KC: Erik Palmer-Brown (U.S. U-20)

AT KC: Sporting 2 wins, 9 goals … Sounders FC 4 wins, 9 goals … Ties 1 LAST YEAR (MLS): 3/6: SEA 0, KC 1 (Coelho 73) 7/24: KC 3, SEA 0 (Dwyer 21, 79; Peterson 48+)

LAST LEAGUE MATCHES ORLANDO CITY SC 2 SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 Scoring Summary: KC--Blessing 1 (Besler 1) 9 ORL--Larin 7 (Rivas 5, Toia 2) 16 ORL--Kaka 3 (Sutter 3) 26 KC--Blessing 2 (unassisted) 74

UPCOMING MATCHES SOUNDERS FC SPORTING Sat. May 20 Real Salt Lake Sat. May 20 at Vancouver Sat. May 27 Portland Sat. May 27 at Colorado Wed. May 31 at Columbus Sat. June 3 Minnesota Sun. June 4 Houston Sat. June 10 Montreal

SPORTING KANSAS CITY--Tim Melia, Graham Zusi, Ike Opara, Matt Besler, Seth Sinovic (Saad AbdulSalaam 93+), Benny Feilhaber, Ilie Sanchez, Roger Espinoza, Gerso Fernandes, Latif Blessing (Soony Saad 82), Jimmy Medranda (Soni Mustivar 86).

WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM SOUNDERS FC

SPORTING

F A 13 7 76 141

GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL

F 15 60

A 16 56

5 6 4 0

10 2 4 0

6 4 1 0 2 0 1 1

8 4 1 0 2 1 0 0

4 9 2

4 8 4

HOW SCORED

7 5 1 0

RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER

3 2 2 0

TYPE OF PLAY

10 1 0 1 0 0 0 1

1 4 0 0 1 0 1 0

OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS

4 6 3

4 3 0

INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA

DISTANCE

(W-L-T) KC SEA

RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 3-0-0 2-1-3 0-1-1 2-0-0 0-2-2 0-2-2

CHICAGO FIRE 4 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 1 Scoring Summary: CHI--Nikolic 7 (penalty kick) 25 SEA--Dempsey 4 (Roldan 1) 28 CHI--Accam 4 (de Leeuw 1, Schweinsteiger 2) 60 CHI--Solignac 2 (Nikolic 1, Vincent 1) 73 CHI--Nikolic 8 (Accam 4, Kappelhof 2) 76 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC--Stefan Frei, Cristian Roldan, Chad Marshall, Tony Alfaro, Joevin Jones (Ejected 89), Harry Shipp (Will Bruin 71), Osvaldo Alonso (Alvaro Fernandez 77), Gustav Svensson, Clint Dempsey (Brad Evans 81), Jordan Morris, Nicolas Lodeiro.

RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 5-0-1 0-2-0 2-0-1 0-4-2

THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY Date Score (Gms since) 5/03/2017 KC 2, NYR 0 4/15/2017 KC 1, POR 0 5/27/2016 KC 0, DC 1 5/07/2017 KC 0, MIN 2 5/13/2017 KC 2, ORL 2 5/03/2017 KC 2, NYR 0 5/07/2017 KC 0, MIN 2

GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Sporting KC Sounders FC

TTWTWWLWWLT LTWTTLWTLL

(0) (3) (14) (1) (0) (2) (1)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Date Score (Gms since) 3/19/2017 SEA 3, NYR 1 (3) 4/23/2017 SEA 3, LA 0 (1) 5/06/2017 SEA 0, TOR 1 (0) 5/13/2017 SEA 1, CHI 4 (0) 4/29/2017 SEA 3, NE 3 (2) 4/23/2017 SEA 3, LA 0 (3) 5/06/2017 SEA 0, TOR 1 (1)

TEAM LEADERS SPORTING G: 5 Dwyer A: 2 3 players tied SHT: 33 Dwyer SOG: 17 Dwyer FC: 26 Dwyer FS: 28 Dwyer OF: 7 Dwyer C: 5 Dwyer E: 0 SOUNDERS FC G: 4 Dempsey A: 5 Jones SHT: 42 Dempsey SOG: 10 Dempsey FC: 14 Roldan FS: 26 Lodeiro OF: 6 Lodeiro C: 2 Alfaro/Lodeiro E: 1 Jones

GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 11 5 1 3 2 0 13 1.18 SEA 10 2 4 1 3 0 15 1.50 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG KC 11 6 3 2 0 0 7 0.64 SEA 10 2 3 3 1 1 16 1.60 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 13 2 1 1 4 2 3 SEA 15 0 3 2 1 2 7 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 KC 7 0 3 1 0 0 3 SEA 16 1 5 1 4 2 3

2017 SPORTING KANSAS CITY STATISTICS (5-2-4, 19 pts.) UNF 14 10 7 9 15 8 27 94 5 93 22 30 40 3 6 4 17 29

POS F M F F D D M F D M F F D D M D D G

PLAYER Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Gerso Fernandes Latif Blessing Seth Sinovic Graham Zusi Roger Espinoza Jimmy Medranda Matt Besler Soni Mustivar Soony Saad Daniel Salloi Igor Juliao Ike Opara Ilie Sanchez Kevin Ellis Saad Abdul-Salaam Tim Melia Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 9 11 4 11 11 11 11 11 8 7 5 1 10 11 1 2 11

GS 10 9 11 1 11 10 11 10 11 0 3 0 1 10 11 1 0 11

MIN 898 780 971 118 989 945 968 829 990 96 248 41 45 900 990 90 2 990

11 11

990 990

G 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 7

A 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 33 14 24 6 3 13 11 21 2 0 9 4 2 5 6 1 0 0

SOG 17 6 14 3 2 3 2 4 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0

12 11

154 97

56 40

FC 26 10 14 2 6 7 17 6 9 3 2 0 1 6 8 1 0 1

FS 28 17 16 8 5 6 11 12 5 1 7 1 2 5 16 0 0 0

OFF 7 0 2 2 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

CK 2 41 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

C 5 1 2 1 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

119 146 146 119

20 26

57 37

24 23

0 0

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Dom Dwyer 2, Gerso Fernandes 1, Benny Feilhaber 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Roger Espinoza 2, Benny Feilhaber 1, Graham Zusi 1, Dom Dwyer 1, Jimmy Medranda 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: None SPORTING KANSAS CITY GOALKEEPING UNF 29

POS G

GOALKEEPER Tim Melia Team totals Opponent totals

GP 11 11 11

GS 11 11 11

MIN SHTS 990 40 990 40 990 56

SV 31 31 44

GA 7 7 13

GAA 0.64 0.64 1.18

PG 1 1 0

PA 2 2 0

W 5 5 2

L 2 2 5

T 4 4 4

SO 6 6 5

2017 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC STATISTICS (2-4-4, 10 pts.) UNF 2 10 17 13 19 6 33 7 4 21 8 3 14 23 91 29 24 15

POS M M F F M M D M D M M D D M M D G D

PLAYER Clint Dempsey Nicolas Lodeiro Will Bruin Jordan Morris Harry Shipp Osvaldo Alonso Joevin Jones Cristian Roldan Gustav Svensson Jordy Delem Alvaro Fernandez Brad Evans Chad Marshall Henry Wingo Oniel Fisher Roman Torres Stefan Frei Tony Alfaro Own-goals received Opponent totals Team totals

GP 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 5 6 1 6 7 4 5 10 5

GS 9 10 3 10 6 10 10 10 9 4 2 0 6 0 3 4 10 4

MIN 826 900 340 828 557 887 899 900 849 284 210 9 540 86 244 270 900 370

10 10

900 900

G 4 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 15

A 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

SHT 42 18 14 17 11 14 8 8 6 0 2 0 3 2 2 4 0 0

SOG 10 5 5 6 3 3 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

20 13

126 151

41 40

FC 5 11 4 5 4 10 5 14 5 3 4 0 4 1 5 5 0 4

FS 20 26 2 6 5 15 12 21 5 4 2 0 5 0 7 2 1 2

OFF 2 6 1 5 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

CK 0 57 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

C 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2

E 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

141 89 89 141

13 23

36 61

18 15

0 1

GAME-WINNING GOALS: Clint Dempsey 1, Jordan Morris 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Nicolas Lodeiro 2, Joevin Jones 2 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Clint Dempsey 1-1, Nicolas Lodeiro 1-1 SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC GOALKEEPING UNF 24

POS G

GOALKEEPER Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

GP 10 10 10

GS 10 10 10

MIN SHTS 900 41 900 41 900 40

SV 25 25 25

GA 16 16 15

GAA 1.6 1.6 1.5

PG 2 2 2

PA 2 2 2

W 2 2 4

L 4 4 2

T 4 4 4

SO 2 2 2

SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE DAY Sat. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun.

DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr.

OPPONENT 4 at D.C. United 11 FC Dallas 18 San Jose 31 at Toronto FC 9 Colorado

Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

Apr. Apr. Apr. May

15 at Portland 22 at FC Dallas 29 Real Salt Lake 3 New York Red Bulls 7 at Minnesota 13 at Orlando City SC 17 Seattle 20 at Vancouver 27 at Colorado 3 Minnesota 10 Montreal 17 at San Jose 24 at Los Angeles 1 Portland 6 Philadelphia 22 at Real Salt Lake 29 Chicago 6 Atlanta 12 at Seattle 19 FC Dallas 26 at Houston 6 at New York City FC 10 at Columbus 16 New England 24 Los Angeles 30 Vancouver 7 at Minnesota 15 Houston 22 at Real Salt Lake

Sun. May Sat. May Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Thu. Sat.

May May May June June June June July July July

Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.

July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep.

Sun. Sat. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Sep. Sep. Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

RESULT T 0-0 T 0-0 W 2-1 T 0-0 W 3-1

ATT 18268 19117 19282 27909 19249

W-L-T 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 1-0-3 2-0-3

1-0 0-1 3-0 2-0

21144 15411 18648 18965

3-0-3 3-1-3 4-1-3 5-1-3

L 0-2 T 2-2

17709 25527

5-2-3 5-2-4

W L W W

POS PTS NOTES: 7 1 6 2 5 5 KC: Feilhaber (37) own goal (89); SJ: Jungwirth (91+) 5 6 4 9 KC: Sinovic (6) Fernandes (58) Dwyer (85); COL: Doyle (94+) 2 12 KC: Dwyer (53); 4 12 DAL: Figueroa (77) 2 15 KC: Feilhaber (17) Dwyer (51) Fernandes (95+); 1 18 KC: Dwyer (46,68); 2 2

18 MIN: Danladi (22) Ramirez (39) 19 KC: Blessing (9,74); ORL: Larin (16) Santos Leite (26)

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 2017 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sat. Mar. Sat. Mar.

OPPONENT 4 at Houston 11 at Montreal

RESULT L 1-2 T 2-2

ATT 20758 34373

W-L-T 0-1-0 0-1-1

Sun. Mar.

19 New York Red Bulls 31 Atlanta 8 at San Jose 14 at Vancouver 23 at Los Angeles 29 New England

W 3-1

45600

1-1-1

T T L W T

0-0 1-1 1-2 3-0 3-3

40182 18000 22120 24931 43230

1-1-2 1-1-3 1-2-3 2-2-3 2-2-4

Sat. May Sat. May

6 Toronto FC 13 at Chicago

L 0-1 L 1-4

41468 20153

2-3-4 2-4-4

Wed. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sat.

May May May May June June

Wed. Sun. Tue. Wed. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat.

June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Sep. Sep. Sep.

Wed. Sun. Sun. Sun.

Sep. Oct. Oct. Oct.

17 at Sporting KC 20 Real Salt Lake 27 Portland 31 at Columbus 4 Houston 17 at New York City FC 21 Orlando City SC 25 at Portland 4 at Colorado 19 D.C. United 23 San Jose 29 at Los Angeles 5 at Minnesota 12 Sporting KC 20 Minnesota 23 at Vancouver 27 Portland 10 Los Angeles 16 at FC Dallas 23 at Real Salt Lake 27 Vancouver 1 at Philadelphia 15 FC Dallas 22 Colorado

Fri. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sat.

Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.

POS PTS NOTES: 9 0 SEA: Dempsey (58); HOU: Torres (20) Quioto (42) 7 1 SEA: Lodeiro (83) Bruin (94+); MTL: Mancosu (17) Piatti (51) 6 4 SEA: Dempsey (28) Morris (66) Shipp (79); NYR: WrightPhillips (57) 6 5 6 6 SEA: Lodeiro (84); SJ: Wondolowski (90) 8 6 SEA: Bruin (89); VAN: Montero (65,80) 5 9 SEA: Dempsey (29) own goal (35) Morris (44); 7 10 SEA: Lodeiro (75) Bruin (85) Alonso (88); NE: Kobayashi (16) Agudelo (26,54) 7 10 TOR: Altidore (23) 8 10 SEA: Dempsey (28); CHI: Nikolic (25,76) Accam (60) Solignac (73)

SPORTING KC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 2 Dom Dwyer 2 Latif Blessing Assists 1 12 times Shots 6 Dom Dwyer Shots on Goal 3 5 times Fouls Committed 6 Dom Dwyer Fouls Suffered 6 Dom Dwyer 6 Dom Dwyer Offside 3 Dom Dwyer Saves 5 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia Shots Faced 6 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia Goals Allowed 2 Tim Melia 2 Tim Melia

Goals 3 04/09/2017 vs 3 04/29/2017 vs Assists 4 04/09/2017 vs Shots 18 05/03/2017 vs Shots on Goal 8 05/03/2017 vs 8 05/13/2017 vs Fouls Committed 18 03/11/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 22 03/04/2017 vs 22 04/15/2017 vs Corner Kicks 10 05/07/2017 vs Offside 5 05/13/2017 vs Saves 5 03/04/2017 vs 5 04/22/2017 vs Shots Faced 6 03/04/2017 vs 6 04/22/2017 vs Goals Allowed 2 05/07/2017 vs 2 05/13/2017 vs

05/03/2017 vs NYR 05/13/2017 vs ORL

W 2-0 T 2-2

03/18/2017 vs SJ

W 2-1

05/03/2017 vs NYR

W 2-0

03/18/2017 vs SJ

W 2-1

05/03/2017 vs NYR

W 2-0

03/04/2017 vs DC 04/15/2017 vs POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

05/03/2017 vs NYR

W 2-0

03/04/2017 vs DC 04/22/2017 vs DAL

T 0-0 L 0-1

03/04/2017 vs DC 04/22/2017 vs DAL

T 0-0 L 0-1

05/07/2017 vs MIN 05/13/2017 vs ORL

L 0-2 T 2-2

COL RSL

W 3-1 W 3-0

COL

W 3-1

NYR

W 2-0

NYR ORL

W 2-0 T 2-2

DAL

T 0-0

DC POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

MIN

L 0-2

ORL

T 2-2

DC DAL

T 0-0 L 0-1

DC DAL

T 0-0 L 0-1

MIN ORL

L 0-2 T 2-2

SOUNDERS FC INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2017)

TEAM HIGH GAMES (2017)

Goals 1 14 times Assists 2 Joevin Jones 2 Joevin Jones Shots 7 Clint Dempsey 7 Clint Dempsey Shots on Goal 2 8 times Fouls Committed 5 Osvaldo Alonso Fouls Suffered 5 5 times Offside 2 Nicolas Lodeiro 2 Jordan Morris 2 Jordan Morris Saves 4 Stefan Frei Shots Faced 6 Stefan Frei 6 Stefan Frei Goals Allowed 4 Stefan Frei

Goals 3 03/19/2017 at 3 04/23/2017 at 3 04/29/2017 at Assists 4 04/23/2017 at 4 04/29/2017 at Shots 25 04/29/2017 at Shots on Goal 8 04/29/2017 at Fouls Committed 13 03/19/2017 at 13 05/13/2017 at Fouls Suffered 18 03/31/2017 at 18 04/08/2017 at 18 04/23/2017 at Corner Kicks 9 03/04/2017 at 9 04/14/2017 at Offside 4 03/19/2017 at 4 03/31/2017 at 4 04/23/2017 at Saves 4 05/06/2017 at Shots Faced 6 04/29/2017 at 6 05/13/2017 at Goals Allowed 4 05/13/2017 at

03/04/2017 at HOU

L 1-2

03/19/2017 at NYR 04/29/2017 at NE

W 3-1 T 3-3

04/14/2017 at VAN 04/23/2017 at LA

L 1-2 W 3-0

03/04/2017 at HOU 04/14/2017 at VAN

L 1-2 L 1-2

03/11/2017 at MTL

T 2-2

03/04/2017 at HOU 03/31/2017 at ATL 05/13/2017 at CHI

L 1-2 T 0-0 L 1-4

05/06/2017 at TOR

L 0-1

04/29/2017 at NE 05/13/2017 at CHI

T 3-3 L 1-4

05/13/2017 at CHI

L 1-4

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017) Shots 10 04/29/2017 vs Shots on Goal 1 04/22/2017 vs Fouls Committed 5 04/22/2017 vs Fouls Suffered 9 05/13/2017 vs Corner Kicks 3 04/22/2017 vs 3 05/03/2017 vs 3 05/13/2017 vs Offside 0 03/31/2017 vs 0 04/15/2017 vs Saves 2 03/18/2017 vs 2 03/31/2017 vs 2 04/09/2017 vs 2 04/29/2017 vs 2 05/03/2017 vs 2 05/07/2017 vs 2 05/13/2017 vs Shots Faced 2 03/31/2017 vs 2 04/29/2017 vs 2 05/03/2017 vs

RSL

W 3-0

DAL

L 0-1

DAL

L 0-1

ORL

T 2-2

DAL NYR ORL

L 0-1 W 2-0 T 2-2

TOR POR

T 0-0 W 1-0

SJ TOR COL RSL NYR MIN ORL

W T W W W L T

TOR RSL NYR

T 0-0 W 3-0 W 2-0

2-1 0-0 3-1 3-0 2-0 0-2 2-2

TEAM LOW GAMES (2017)

NYR LA NE

W 3-1 W 3-0 T 3-3

LA NE

W 3-0 T 3-3

T 3-3

NYR CHI

W 3-1 L 1-4

ATL SJ LA

T 0-0 T 1-1 W 3-0

HOU VAN

L 1-2 L 1-2

NYR ATL LA

W 3-1 T 0-0 W 3-0

TOR

L 0-1

NE CHI

T 3-3 L 1-4

CHI

L 1-4

Shots 12 05/13/2017 at Shots on Goal 1 03/31/2017 at Fouls Committed 4 04/29/2017 at Fouls Suffered 6 04/29/2017 at Corner Kicks 2 03/19/2017 at Offside 1 04/08/2017 at 1 04/14/2017 at 1 04/29/2017 at 1 05/06/2017 at Saves 1 03/19/2017 at 1 04/14/2017 at Shots Faced 2 03/19/2017 at

CHI

L 1-4

ATL

T 0-0

T 3-3

NYR

W 3-1

SJ VAN NE TOR

T L T L

NYR VAN

W 3-1 L 1-2

NYR

W 3-1

1-1 1-2 3-3 0-1

HEAD-TO-HEAD

SOUNDERS FC VS SPORTING KC ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS

Sounders FC

Sporting KC 4 wins, 12 goals Sounders FC 7 wins, 13 goals 3 ties 4/11/2009 10/17/2009 4/17/2010 10/9/2010 5/21/2011 8/6/2011 6/20/2012 5/8/2013 3/8/2014 5/23/2015 6/6/2015 9/27/2015 3/6/2016 7/24/2016 10/27/2016

KC 1 at SEA SEA 3 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 2 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 1 at KC SEA 1 vs KC SEA 0 vs KC KC 1 vs SEA KC 1 vs SEA KC 1 at SEA KC 3 vs SEA SEA 1 vs KC

0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

(Q) (CA) (Q) (CA) (Q) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q) (Q) (SP) (SP) (Q) (SP) (Q)

Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 3 63 18 81 21 30

2 10 73 28 63 18 27

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Sporting KC Tot 13 136 46 144 39 57

1 4 88 34 97 7 41

2 8 89 23 99 11 37

OT 0 0 0 0 0 0

Tot 12 177 57 196 18 78

GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS: KC SEA

1-15

16-30

31-45

46-60

61-75

76-90

Total

1 1

2 1

0 1

3 0

1 2

5 8

0 0

12 13

CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Peter Vermes

vs. SEA

3-7-3

(0.92 pts./game)

ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS: Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

3 1 16 7 17 11 3 5 4 9 8

Sporting KC Dom Dwyer 12 times Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Aurelien Collin Espinoza/Sapong Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Melia/Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

1 2 19 8 21 30 5 3 2 21 6

Sounders FC 13 times 3 times Fredy Montero Fredy Montero Osvaldo Alonso Osvaldo Alonso Kasey Keller Stefan Frei Keller/Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei

ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Goals Assists Shots

Sporting KC 2 Dom Dwyer (07/24/16) 1 12 players tied 6 3 players tied

Shots on Goal

3 3 players tied

Fouls Committed

6 Aurelien Collin (twice) 4 Sapong/Dwyer

Fouls Suffered Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed

1 5 players tied 6 Tim Melia (06/06/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

Sounders FC 1 13 players tied 2 Jaqua/Ljungberg 6 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 3 Fredy Montero (04/11/09) 4 Cooper/Alonso 7 Osvaldo Alonso (03/08/14) 1 5 players tied 6 Stefan Frei (09/27/15) 3 Stefan Frei (07/24/16)

W-L-T Breakdowns: Sporting Kansas City W-L-T At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Allowed Scored Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals

Streak (started)

Seattle Sounders FC W-L-T

Streak (started)

3-0-0 2-1-3 0-1-1

4 Ws 1 Ws 1 Ts

(10/23/2016) (05/03/2017) (05/13/2017)

2-0-0 0-2-2 0-2-2

3 Ws (10/23/2016) 2 Ls (04/14/2017) 1 Ls (05/06/2017)

0-2-0 5-0-1

3 Ls 1 Ts

(10/01/2016) (05/13/2017)

0-4-2 2-0-1

2 Ls (05/06/2017) 1 Ws (04/23/2017)

0-2-3 1-0-0 2-0-1 2-0-0 0-0-0

2 Ls 1 Ws 1 Ts 2 Ws 0-

(04/22/2017) (04/15/2017) (05/13/2017) (04/09/2017) -

0-1-1 0-3-1 0-0-1 2-0-1 0-0-0

1 2 1 1 2

Ls Ls Ts Ts Ws

(05/06/2017) (04/14/2017) (03/11/2017) (04/29/2017) (07/13/2016)

3-0-3 2-1-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0

3 Ws 1 Ls 1 Ts 1 Ls 0-

(04/15/2017) (04/22/2017) (05/13/2017) (10/01/2016) -

1-0-1 1-1-1 0-2-1 0-0-1 0-1-0

1 1 1 1 2

Ws Ls Ls Ts Ls

(04/23/2017) (05/06/2017) (04/14/2017) (04/29/2017) (08/28/2016)

SPORTING KC CAREER SCORING VS. SOUNDERS FC (4-7-3) PLAYER

MIN

Dom Dwyer Davy Arnaud Jacob Peterson Nuno Andre Coelho Benny Feilhaber Zoltan Hercegfalvi Kei Kamara Josh Wolff Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Aurelien Collin Amadou Dia Roger Espinoza Michael Harrington Jack Jewsbury Ike Opara Jordi Quintilla Graham Zusi Team totals Opponent totals

5 5 6 1 5 1 7 4 4 10 4 4 9 7 4 3 2 11 14 14

3 5 6 1 5 1 4 3 1 9 4 4 7 6 4 2 2 7 14 14

318 450 419 90 425 70 413 284 146 857 360 360 649 553 343 181 180 665 1260 1260

3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 12

SHT GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

16 12 11 3 7 1 13 4 1 4 2 1 10 0 2 0 5 12 177 136

4 1 1 6 2 14 14

360 90 90 540 180 1260 1260

9 3 5 17 12 46 57

9 2 4 9 7 31 44

0.00 1.00 1.00 1.33 1.50 0.93 0.86

0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Tim Melia Jon Kempin Eric Kronberg Jimmy Nielsen Kevin Hartman Team totals Opponent totals

SOUNDERS FC CAREER SCORING VS. SPORTING KC (7-4-3) PLAYER

MIN

SHT

GOALKEEPER

Nate Jaqua Mauro Rosales Mike Fucito Tyrone Marshall Chad Barrett Alvaro Fernandez Patrick Ianni Roger Levesque Obafemi Martins Lamar Neagle Sanna Nyassi Jeff Parke Djimi Traore Freddie Ljungberg Clint Dempsey Brad Evans Gonzalo Pineda Tyson Wahl Team totals Opponent totals

4 4 3 4 2 4 4 3 2 5 2 4 2 3 5 10 3 2 14 14

2 3 0 3 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 4 2 3 4 9 3 2 14 14

240 245 61 271 96 169 182 186 180 268 93 360 180 260 393 811 270 180 1260 1260

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 12

2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 12 12

5 3 5 1 5 5 2 2 2 11 3 2 1 2 11 8 1 1 136 177

Michael Gspurning Kasey Keller Stefan Frei Andrew Weber Ben Dragavon Team totals Opponent totals

1 6 6 1 1 14 14

MIN SHTS 90 479 540 90 61 1260 1260

3 20 27 4 3 57 46

GAA

3 15 21 3 2 44 31

0.00 0.75 1.00 1.00 1.48 0.86 0.93

0 1 1 0 0 2 0

CURRENT SPORTING KC VS. SOUNDERS FC (4-7-3)

CURRENT SOUNDERS FC VS. SPORTING KC (7-4-3)

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

PLAYER

MIN

SHT

Dom Dwyer Benny Feilhaber Saad Abdul-Salaam Matt Besler Roger Espinoza Ike Opara Graham Zusi Andrew Dykstra Kevin Ellis Jimmy Medranda Tim Melia Soni Mustivar Erik Palmer-Brown Cameron Porter Soony Saad Seth Sinovic Team totals Opponent totals

5 8 4 10 9 6 11 1 4 3 4 5 1 1 1 4 14 14

3 8 1 9 7 3 7 1 4 2 4 4 1 0 1 2 14 14

318 695 146 857 649 293 665 90 360 156 360 405 90 13 86 200 1260 1260

3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 13

0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12

16 12 1 4 10 3 12 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 177 136

Will Bruin Clint Dempsey Chad Marshall Alvaro Fernandez Brad Evans Tony Alfaro Osvaldo Alonso Oniel Fisher Stefan Frei Joevin Jones Jordan Morris Cristian Roldan Harry Shipp Team totals Opponent totals

13 14 30 5 12 1 12 2 12 3 2 4 4 14 14

11 13 30 3 9 0 12 2 12 3 2 3 4 14 14

884 1203 2599 259 849 45 1063 131 1080 270 173 274 353 1260 1260

3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 12

2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12

24 31 19 6 8 0 8 0 0 1 1 0 7 136 177

GOALKEEPER

MIN

SHT

GAA

Tim Melia Andrew Dykstra Team totals Opponent totals

4 1 14 14

360 90 1260 1260

9 5 46 57

9 4 31 44

0.00 1.00 0.93 0.86

0 0 0 2

41 1.08 44 0.86 31 0.93

1 2 0

GOALKEEPER

Stefan Frei Team totals Opponent totals

12 14 14

MIN SHTS 1080 1260 1260

56 57 46

GAME NOTES

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

2017 REGULAR SEASON TEAM STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. CT Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS) MLS Regular Season Game 12 Sporting Kansas City 5-2-4, 19 points (4-0-1 home; 1-2-2 away) T-1st place in Western Conference Seattle Sounders FC 2-4-4, 10 points (1-1-2 home; 1-3-2 away) 9th place in Western Conference

5-2-4 (19 pts.) 11 T-1st in West 13 1.18 12 7 0.64 +6 154 (56) 36.4% 119 146 24 0

English TV: FOX Sports Kansas City + English Radio: Sports Radio 810 WHB Spanish Radio: La Grande 1340 AM Referee: Assistant ref: Assistant ref: 4th official:

Ted Unkel Joe Fletcher Adam Wienckowski Sorin Stoica

SPORTING KANSAS CITY ROSTER

No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 17 21 22 23 24 27 29 30 39 40 77 93 94

Pos. GK DEF DEF DEF DEF MID FWD DEF FWD MID FWD FWD DEF DEF GK FWD DEF FWD MID GK FWD FWD DEF DEF MID MID

Name Adrian Zendejas Erik Palmer-Brown Ike Opara Kevin Ellis Matt Besler Ilie Sanchez Gerso Fernandes Graham Zusi Latif Blessing Benny Feilhaber Diego Rubio Dom Dwyer Seth Sinovic Saad Abdul-Salaam Andrew Dykstra Soony Saad Colton Storm Cameron Iwasa Roger Espinoza Tim Melia Daniel Salloi Cameron Porter Igor Juliao Tyler Pasher Soni Mustivar Jimmy Medranda

Pronunciation zen-DAY-haas

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

RECORD GAMES PLAYED CONFERENCE POSITION GOALS GOALS/GAME ASSISTS GOALS ALLOWED ALLOWED/GAME GOAL DIFFERENTIAL SHOTS (ON GOAL) ON GOAL % FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED CAUTIONS EJECTIONS

2-4-4 (10 pts.) 10 9th in West 15 1.50 13 16 1.60 -1 151 (40) 26.5% 89 141 15 1

2017 REGULAR SEASON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY

BEEZ-ler ILL-ee-eh JER-soh gram ZOO-see FAIL-hob-ber sin-OH-vick sahd ab-DOOL sa-LAHM SOO-nee sod

EE-wah-sah MEE-lia shallow-EE

Dom Dwyer Three Players Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Roger Espinoza Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer N/A

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

5 GOALS 2 ASSISTS 33 SHOTS 17 SHOTS ON GOAL 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 2 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS 26 FOULS COMMITTED 28 FOULS SUFFERED 5 CAUTIONS 0 EJECTIONS

Tim Melia 990 Tim Melia 0.64 Tim Melia 5 Tim Melia 6 Tim Melia 31

GK MINUTES PLAYED GOALS AGAINST AVG. WINS SHUTOUTS SAVES

4 5 42 10 1 2 14 26 2 1

Clint Dempsey Joevin Jones Clint Dempsey Clint Dempsey Dempsey, Morris Jones, Lodeiro Christian Roldan Nicolas Lodeiro Alfaro, Lodeiro Joevin Jones

900 1.60 2 2 25

Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei Stefan Frei

EE-gore ZHOO-lee-ow SOH-nee MOO-stuh-var muh-DRAHN-dah

COACHES - REGULAR SEASON

2017 MLS REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

PETER VERMES

Eastern Conference 1. Toronto FC 2. Columbus Crew SC 3. Orlando City SC 4. New York City FC 5. New York Red Bulls 6. Chicago Fire 7. New England Revolution 8. Atlanta United FC 9. D.C. United 10. Philadelphia Union 11. Montreal Impact

Pts 25 19 19 17 16 15 13 12 11 10 10

W L T 7 1 4 6 5 1 6 3 1 5 3 2 5 6 1 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 5 2 2 4 4 2 4 4

GD +9 +2 0 +7 -6 +2 +2 +5 -9 +1 –3

GP 12 12 10 10 12 10 11 10 10 10 10

Western Conference 1. Houston Dynamo 2. FC Dallas 3. Sporting Kansas City 4. Portland Timbers 5. San Jose Earthquakes 6. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 7. LA Galaxy 8. Minnesota United FC 9. Seattle Sounders FC 10. Real Salt Lake 11. Colorado Rapids

Pts 19 19 19 18 15 13 11 11 10 8 7

W L T 6 3 1 5 0 4 5 2 4 5 3 3 4 4 3 4 5 1 3 5 2 3 6 2 2 4 4 2 7 2 2 6 1

GD +7 +8 +6 +5 -1 -3 -3 -11 -1 –13 –4

GP 10 9 11 11 11 10 10 11 10 11 9

9th season 108-84-65 9th season (.547) 108-84-65 (.547)

BRIAN SCHMETZER

MLS EXPERIENCE MLS RECORD YEAR WITH TEAM RECORD WITH TEAM

2nd season 10-6-8 (.583) 2nd season 10-6-8 (.583)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY INJURY REPORT As of Monday, May 15 OUT: • Diego Rubio (Torn ACL) QUESTIONABLE: • Soony Saad (Ankle Sprain)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 17, 2017 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes #SKCvSEA: HEAD-TO-HEAD

#SKCvSEA: BY THE NUMBERS

Sporting Kansas City is will face Seattle Sounders FC on Wednesday night, having gone unbeaten in the last five meetings between the two sides (3-0-2) and winning both contests in the 2016 regular season. Despite that recent record, Sporting KC still trails Seattle 7-4-3 in regular-season matchups, making the Sounders one of just six active teams that Sporting KC has a losing record against. Sporting KC won the first-ever meeting between the two sides on April 11, 2009 at Qwest Field, with Davy Arnaud’s 80th-minute goal leading his side to a 1-0 victory on the road. Immediately following that match, Sporting KC went winless for nine games against Seattle, going 0-7-2 in a stretch that included a five-game losing streak from Oct. 17, 2009 through Aug. 6, 2011. Sporting KC broke that barren streak with a 1-0 victory on June 6, 2015 at Children’s Mercy Park as Benny Feilhaber converted from the penalty spot in the 84th minute. Sporting KC is now unbeaten in five against the Sounders, though they did fall to a controversial 1-0 defeat in the Knockout Round of the 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs on Oct. 27, 2016. Last year, Nuno Andre Coelho scored on his debut for the club to clinch a 1-0 victory at CenturyLink Field during the season opener on March 6, 2016, before Sporting KC dispatched Seattle with a comfortable 3-0 home win on July 24, 2016 behind two goals from Dom Dwyer and a further strike from Jacob Peterson.

Sporting KC Team Stats • SKC’s seven goals allowed through 11 games in the 2017 MLS season are the second fewest conceded in the league, trailing FCD’s six. • SKC is third in MLS in dribbles attempted with 227 and is tied for first with 107 dribbles completed. • SKC has faced the fewest shots per game in MLS this season with 8.82, which is 1.85 shots per game less than their closest challenger in the Colorado Rapids. • SKC has faced the fewest shots per game (8.82) and has taken the second most shots per game (14) in MLS this season. SKC has taken the most shots in the league this year with 154. • SKC is second in MLS with 112 chances created, only trailing SJ by two. SKC also leads the league with 100 chances created from open play.

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Sporting KC Player Stats • Goalkeeper Tim Melia has the second best goals against average in MLS with 0.64, conceding just seven goals in 11 games this season and posting a leaguehigh six shutouts. In addition, his 81.58 save percentage is second, trailing on FCD’s Jesse Gonzalez (81.82). • Midfielder Ilie ranks third in MLS with 806 passes attempted, and is fourth in the league in passes completed with 675. Matt Besler is fifth in passes attempted (723) and passes completed (621). • Forward Dom Dwyer is sixth in MLS with 33 shots and is tied for second with 17 shots on goal. Dwyer also leads MLS with 26 fouls committed and is third in fouls suffered with 28. • Forward Dom Dwyer leads MLS in yellow cards with five. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is second in MLS in chances created per game (2.89) and is fourth chances created from open play per game (1.89). *Min. two GP. • Winger Gerso is third in MLS with 48 dribbles attempted, and tied for third in dribbles completed with 25.

#SKCvSEA: Recent Meetings (SEA leads 7-4-3 in regular season)

07/24/2016 03/06/2016 09/27/2015 06/06/2015 05/23/2015

Score

KC 3 vs SEA 0 KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 0 KC 0 at SEA 0

Result W W T W T

Details

Dwyer scores in each half to add to Peterson strike Nuno Andre Coelho scores from distance on his debut Martins opens the scoring before Dwyer equalizes late Benny Feilhaber converts 84th-minute penalty for SKC Neither side able to find breakthrough in even contest

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER HISTORY

Seattle Sounders FC Team Stats • SEA is second in MLS in shots taken with 151, only trailing SKC by three while playing one fewer game. • SEA is fourth in the league with 141 fouls suffered. • SEA’s 152 clearances through 10 games are the fewest in MLS. SEA has also made the fifth most blocks with 33. • SEA is third in the league with 91 chances created from open play, nine behind leaders SKC.

• Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer leads the team with three goals against Seattle Sounders FC. He tallied his first in the 1-1 draw on Sept. 27, 2015 at Children’s Mercy Park before notching a brace in last season’s 3-0 home win on July 24, 2016. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber has one goal and two assists against Seattle. He converted a late game-winning penalty kick on June 6, 2015, while he also had two assists in the 2011 season for the New England Revolution: on June 26, 2011 and Oct. 1, 2011. • Midfielder Roger Espinoza has one assist against the Sounders, with his cross setting up Dom Dwyer’s game winner on July 24, 2016. • Defender Graham Zusi has one assist against Seattle, helping set up Dom Dwyer’s opener in last season’s 3-0 win on July 24, 2016. • Defender Matt Besler has one assist all-time against Seattle, coming on Kei Kamara’s goal in a 2-1 home defeat on Aug. 6, 2011. • Defender Ike Opara has one assist against the Sounders, helping set up Jacob Peterson’s strike on July 24, 2016. • Defender Saad Abdul-Salaam has one assist against Seattle Sounders FC, setting up Jacob Peterson’s goal on July 24, 2016. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is an unbeaten 3-0-1 against Seattle Sounders FC, posting shutouts in all four of his games against the side.

Seattle Sounders FC Player Stats • Defender Joevin Jones, suspended for Wednesday’s game against SKC, is tied for third in MLS with five assists. • Forward Clint Dempsey is second in the league with 42 shots, but only tied for 22nd with 10 shots on goal. His 32.26 percent shooting accuracy is second worst in MLS. *Min. 20 shots. • Forward Clint Dempsey and midfielder Nicolas Lodeiro are tied for the MLSlead having hit the woodwork four times each this season.

NOTEWORTHY MILESTONES • Defender Ike Opara is one regular-season start shy of reaching 50 for Sporting KC. Opara is also one appearance away from hitting 75 in all competitions for the club. • Defender Matt Besler is one MLS appearance (including playoffs) away from reaching 225 for Sporting KC. • Midfielder Benny Feilhaber is one shy of his 50th MLS regular-season assist for both Sporting KC and the New England Revolution. • Goalkeeper Tim Melia is one shutout away from claiming sole possession of third place in club history, behind Jimmy Nielsen and Tony Meola. • Midfielder Soni Mustivar is four minutes shy of reaching 5,000 minutes played for Sporting KC in all competitions.

#SKCvSEA: PLAYER/COACH CONNECTIONS • Defenders Graham Zusi and Matt Besler, along with midfielder Benny Feilhaber have all been teammates with Seattle forwards Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris and midfielder Brad Evans over the last decade. • Forward Cameron Porter was a teammate of the Sounders’ Harry Shipp at the Montreal Impact in 2016. • Defender Tyler Pasher was a part of the Toronto FC Academy while Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei was playing for the senior team from 2010-2012. • Seattle forward Will Bruin is from St. Louis, Missouri and was a part of the St. Louis Scott Gallagher soccer club.

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BRACE FOR A BLESSING

Sporting Kansas City currently boasts the longest active home unbeaten streak in Major League Soccer. The side has gone 14 games at Children’s Mercy Park without defeat since last falling 1-0 to D.C. United on May 27, 2016. Prior to this weekend, Sporting KC had the second longest active home undefeated streak, trailing on the New York Red Bulls who suffered their first defeat at Red Bull Arena since April 9, 2016 on Sunday against the LA Galaxy.

Sporting Kansas City forward Latif Blessing burst onto the scene in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC at Orlando City Stadium. Blessing, starting in place of the suspended Dom Dwyer who received his league-leading fifth yellow card of the season against Minnesota, scored both goals as Sporting KC became the first side to take a point away from Orlando City Stadium since its opening at the start of the 2017 campaign. Blessing opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a tap in from close range after Gerso’s ball was almost forced home by Matt Besler before adding his second to equalize in the 74th minute when Benny Feilhaber’s shot was saved.

Sporting KC is 4-0-1 at home this season, picking up 13 of the club’s 19 points at Children’s Mercy Park. Peter Vermes’ side is also in the midst of a four-game home winning run, earning victories over the San Jose Earthquakes (March 18), the Colorado Rapids (April 9), Real Salt Lake (April 29) and the New York Red Bulls (May 3). That four-game home winning streak is tied for the longest active streak with Toronto FC, and is one shy of matching Orlando City SC’s run where they won their first five home games at Orlando City Stadium before drawing 2-2 with Sporting KC on Saturday night.

The 20-year-old Ghanaian made history by becoming the youngest Sporting KC player to bag a brace in all competitions at the age of 20 years and 134 days. Blessing beat the previous record held by Matt McKeon, who scored twice in a 3-1 win over Columbus Crew SC on May 22, 1997 at the age of 22 years and 240 days. Blessing also became the fifth player to score twice in his first start for Sporting KC, joining Digital Takawira (April 13, 1996 vs. COL), Mo Johnston (May 2, 1996 vs. CLB), Birahim Diop (Aug. 21, 2010 vs. NE) and Omar Bravo (March 19, 2011 at CHV).

Seattle Sounders FC are 1-3-2 on the road this season, including Saturday’s 4-1 setback against the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. The Sounders opened the season 0-2-2 on the road before cruising to a 3-0 victory over the LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center on April 23. However, that match was followed up with a home draw against New England and a home defeat to Toronto FC before the 4-1 thrashing in Chicago on Saturday to extend Seattle’s winless streak to three.

TRIGGER HAPPY

If this season’s trends are any indication, Wednesday’s game between Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC should see plenty of shots. Sporting KC leads all of MLS in 2017 with 154 shots, while Seattle sits just three shots behind in second place. The major difference between the two sides is that Sporting KC is also near the summit in shots on target, sitting third with 56, while the Sounders are 18th in shots on goal with 40.

SOUNDING OFF

Wednesday’s match will be the 15th MLS regular-season meeting between Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC, with Seattle holding a commanding 7-4-3 lead in the all-time series between the two clubs. However, Sporting KC are unbeaten in their last five games against the Sounders, going 3-0-2 since the start of the 2015 season.

Sporting KC are led by Dom Dwyer, who is sixth in MLS with 33 shots and tied for second with 17 on target, and is followed by winger Gerso, who has taken 24 shots with 14 on target. Among players to take at least 20 shots so far this year, Gerso is fifth with a 70 percent shooting accuracy on his 24 shots, while Dwyer is eighth as 65.38 percent of his shots have been on frame.

Last season, Sporting KC traveled to CenturyLink Field for the club’s season opener on March 6, 2016 and a goal from debutant Nuno Andre Coelho made the difference as Sporting KC won at CenturyLink Field for the first time ever and won in Seattle for the first time since the inaugural MLS match between the two sides on April 11, 2009 at Qwest Field. On July 24, 2016, Sporting KC cruised to a 3-0 win over the Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park when a brace from Dom Dwyer and a first-half wonderstrike from Jacob Peterson clinched all three points. It was Seattle coach Sigi Schmid’s final game with the club, as he was let go just days after that defeat. The season ended on a sour note as Seattle eliminated Sporting KC from the MLS Cup Playoffs in the Knockout Round when Nelson Valdez scored late from an offside position to give the Sounders a 1-0 victory on Oct. 27, 2016.

Seattle, on the other hand, are led by Clint Dempsey who is second in MLS with 42 shots in 2017, just two behind league-leading Sebastian Giovinco. Despite the volume of shots, Dempsey sits in a tie for 22nd with a measly 10 shots on target. That boils down to a shooting accuracy of 32.26 percent - the second lowest among the 41 players to take at least 20 shots. The only player lower is Sporting KC’s Jimmy Medranda, whose four shots on target from 21 shots sees him at a 26.67 percent shooting accuracy. Orlando City SC’s Cyle Larin as the highest shooting accuracy, putting 77.27 percent of his 24 shots on target.

DOG WHISTLE

Sporting KC and Seattle Sounders FC have a dated history in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, with Sporting KC notably winning the 2012 edition of the tournament with a penalty shootout victory over the Sounders at Children’s Mercy Park. Kei Kamara and Zach Scott traded late goals in regulation before a goalless extra time period led to penalties that Sporting KC won, 3-2. Prior to that, the two sides had met in the competition in 2001, 2008 and 2009, which Sporting KC winning the first meeting and Seattle claiming the latter two.

Sporting Kansas City matched a club record during Saturday’s game in Orlando, as the side did not commit one foul for the entirety of the first half. That was the first time in Sporting KC’s history that the club did not concede a foul in the first half of play, and the second time the club has not committed a foul in a half of play, having also done so in the second half of a 3-1 road win over FC Dallas on May 10, 2003. Sporting KC forward Dom Dwyer ranks first and third in fouls committed and fouls suffered across all of MLS. Dwyer has committed a total of 26 fouls in 10 games so far this year, one ahead of Portland midfielder Sebastian Blanco. Additionally, Dwyer sits third in MLS with 28 fouls suffered, trailing New York’s Felipe Martins by 11 and San Jose’s Anibal Godoy by three.

PASS MASTERCLASS

In Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Orlando City SC at Orlando City Stadium, Sporting Kansas City put on something of a passing masterclass to become the first team to come away with a point from Orlando’s home venue this season. Sporting KC completed 88.8 percent of their passes throughout the game, which is the second highest pass percentage the club has had in the Opta era (2010-present).

In 2016, Dwyer was fourth with 74 fouls suffered and fifth in fouls committed with 66. Since joining the league in 2012 when Sporting KC selected him in the SuperDraft, the 26-year-old is the fifth most fouled player in MLS (264) and has also committed the third most fouls with 230. Benny Feilhaber is just behind Dwyer in sixth in fouls suffered with 255.

The only time the side has had a higher passing percentage in the last seven years was during a 3-0 victory over the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo on May 10, 2014 when Collen Warner was sent off in the 17th minute, allowing Sporting KC to enjoy a 91.8 percent passing percentage on their way to a road victory.

So far in 2017, Sporting KC has the fifth highest swing in fouls suffered to fouls committed, having suffered 27 more fouls (146) than the side has committed (119). Only Wednesday’s opponents Seattle Sounders FC, Minnesota United FC, the New York Red Bulls and the Chicago Fire have a larger swing in that category.

Additionally, nine Sporting KC players have completed more than 96 percent of their passes (minimum 30 attempts) in an MLS match since 2010. An astonishing three of those occasions came on Saturday, as Jimmy Medranda, Graham Zusi and Matt Besler all launched themselves into the leaderboards.

Player Jimmy Medranda Graham Zusi Matt Besler

Passes Attempted 32 62 54

Passes Completed 31 60 52

Passing % 96.88 96.77 96.30

Midfielder Ilie still leads the club this season with 806 passes attempted and 675 passes completed, which rank third and fourth in all of MLS, respectively. He is closely followed by Besler, whose 723 attempted passes and 621 completed passes each places fifth in the league. 3

Team Seattle Sounders FC Minnesota United FC New York Red Bulls Chicago Fire Sporting Kansas City

Fouls Committed 89 102 155 107 119

Fouls Suffered 141 135 185 135 146

Swing 52 33 30 28 27

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY NEWS AND NOTES (CONTINUED)

RUBIO REMAINS OUT WITH ACL INJURY

Sporting Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber is tied for second on the team with two goals and his two assists place him in a tie for first on the squad, while he is now just one regular-season assist from reaching 50 all-time - nine for the New England Revolution and 40 for Sporting KC. On Saturday night in Orlando, Feilhaber’s shot was saved by Joe Bendik and fell straight toward Latif Blessing to score the equalizing goal in the 74th minute.

Sporting KC forward Diego Rubio suffered a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in his right knee during training on Oct. 14, 2016 and remains sidelined for the foreseeable future. Rubio recorded three goals and one assist in 20 appearances across all competitions in 2016 after joining Sporting KC on loan in March. The 23-year-old Chilean completed his permanent transfer from Spanish side Real Valladolid to Sporting KC in September.

On top of his exploits on the scoresheet, Feilhaber is also tied for second in MLS with 2.89 chances created per game - only trailing his childhood friend and New York Red Bulls midfielder Sacha Kljestan’s 3.27 - and fourth with 1.89 chances created from open play per game among players to play in at least two games this season.

In September, Rubio became the first player in club history to score in the MLS regular season, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League in the same year. He opened his 2016 scoring account in a 1-1 draw at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on April 27 and notched the game-winner in extra time of a 2-1 U.S. Open Cup victory over Minnesota United FC on June 15. Rubio then tallied his first goal at Children’s Mercy Park in a 2-1 Champions League defeat to Vancouver on Sept. 13.

GER-SO FINE

Sporting KC Designated Player Gerso continues to excite game-after-game with his outstanding dribbling ability. Gerso is currently third in MLS with 48 dribbles attempted across the opening 11 games of the season, while his 25 completed dribbles ranks in a tie for third.

A native of Santiago, Chile, Rubio has netted 40 goals and added 16 assists since turning professional in 2011 at age 17. After rising from the youth ranks to the senior team at hometown club Colo-Colo, Rubio moved overseas to Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he scored 22 times for Sporting B from 2011-2015. The striker made 20 first-team appearances for Sporting while also going on loan to Romanian side Pandurii Targu Jiu in 2013 and Norwegian outfit Sandnes Ulf in 2014.

Gerso has two goals for Sporting KC so far this campaign, notching the game-winner against Colorado on April 9 before adding the third goal deep into stoppage time in the 3-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on April 29. On Saturday night in Florida, Gerso dribbled in behind the Orlando City SC defense on two occasions and whipped in low crosses that were eventually turned home by Latif Blessing, though he wasn’t credited with assists on either strike.

Rubio earned three caps for the Chile Men’s National Team in 2011 at age 18 before playing eight matches at the U-20 level from 2012-2013.

PLAYOFF STREAK

Sporting KC is third in the league in dribbles attempted 227, while their 107 successful dribbles are tied for first in MLS. The San Jose Earthquakes lead the league in dribbles attempted with 235 and are joined by Sporting KC as the leaders in dribbles completed with 107. Seattle Sounders FC are ninth in MLS with 191 dribbles attempted and are tied for fifth with 89 dribbles completed. Joevin Jones, who is suspended for Wednesday’s game, leads Seattle with 44 dribbles attempted - tied for fourth in MLS - and 25 dribbles completed - tied for third alongside Gerso.

Sporting KC is looking to become the sixth club in MLS history to make at least seven straight trips to the postseason, while Manager Peter Vermes would be just the fourth coach to lead the same team to seven straight playoff appearances. LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS Club Seasons LA Galaxy 10 (1996-2005) LA Galaxy 9 (2009-2016) *active Seattle Sounders FC 9 (2009-2016) *active New York Red Bulls 8 (2010-2016) *active NE Revolution 8 (2002-2009) Real Salt Lake 7 (2008-2014) Sporting KC 6 (2011-2016) *active

BESLER AND SINOVIC RENEW PARTNERSHIP

After recording six shutouts in the opening 11 games on the left side of the defense to open the 2017 MLS season, center back Matt Besler and left back Seth Sinovic have now posted 44 total shutouts in just 116 games where both have started in the regular season.

LONGEST MLS PLAYOFF STREAKS BY A COACH WITH THE SAME TEAM Coach Club Years Seasons Bruce Arena LA Galaxy 8 2009-2016 Steve Nicol NE Revolution 8 2002-2009 Sigi Scmid Seattle Sounders 7 2009-2015 LA Galaxy 6 1999-2004 Peter Vermes Sporting KC 6 2011-2016 (active) Jason Kreis Real Salt Lake 6 2008-2013

Since Sinovic made his first appearance for the team on May 28, 2011 after being waived by the New England Revolution earlier in the year, Sporting KC leads all of MLS with 74 shutouts - 12 more than the LA Galaxy in second. Besler and Sinovic have started 116 of the 207 games since the trade, posting 44 of the club’s 74 shutouts alongside one another. Individually, Besler leads the league in shutouts since Sinovic joined the club with 60, while Sinovic is second with 53. Besler and Sinovic have started in each of Sporting KC’s last 12 regular-season games, conceding just seven goals - a rate of 0.58 per game.

VERMES VERBATIM

DWYER CLOSING IN ON PREKI

On playing without Dom Dwyer and giving Latif Blessing his first start... “He’s a very busy guy, very quick. He’s a little bit of an X-factor. He’s got a great nose for the goal, incredible instincts in and around the attacking third. Those were two very opportunistic goals tonight. We expected that he’d be difficult to deal with because look at his size, just the quickness and everything. We figured that might be a little bit of a different player that they weren’t used to seeing before but the fact that he lasted as long as he did is the really big thing for me. He gave a great effort tonight and that’s what I commend him for the most.”

After yet another season of rampant goalscoring, forward Dom Dwyer is now within touching distance of Sporting KC legend Preki for the most goals in both MLS and in all competitions. Dwyer has scored five goals in his last six games to bring his regular-season total to 57, and 66 in all competitions. Dwyer sits just 14 MLS goals and 15 strikes in all competitions shy of Preki’s all-time records of 71 and 81, respectively. The 26-year-old has amassed 55 goals since the start of the 2014 season. Only Bradley Wright-Phillips has scored more MLS goals in that time period than Dwyer, and took home the MLS Golden Boot titles in 2014 and 2016.

On the importance of putting a performance together... “I’ll be honest with you, last week we played against Minnesota we didn’t play bad we just had two really bad actions. Then we lacked the intensity and they had more. Sometimes that happens and what the difference is tonight that I liked is the fact that we came after being down two-one that we came back and I thought we had a chance to win it. I’m happy with the perseverance throughout the game and the guys know it too and that’s even better instead of me having to say something. That part is a big step in the right direction, especially with how many changes we’ve made to our team and new guys and all those things. With having to figure out going from one game to the next, if you lose and how you respond and all those things, so I think it was a good step in the right direction for us tonight.”

Another factor that comes into play is Dwyer’s longevity. The Londoner is the only Sporting KC player to appear in at least 36 games in all competitions over the last three seasons. Player Preki Dwyer Arnaud Wolff Klein

Goals (MLS) 71 57 43 43 39

Goals (All Competitions) 81 66 52 46 43

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 17, 2017 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES LEADERS

Sporting KC MLS record vs. Seattle Sounders FC: 4-7-3 Home games: 2-4-1 (9 GF, 9 GA) Road games: 2-3-2 (3 GF, 4 GA) Date 04/11/2009 10/17/2009 04/17/2010 10/09/2010 05/21/2011 08/06/2011 06/20/2012 05/08/2013 03/08/2014 05/23/2015 06/06/2015 09/27/2015 03/06/2016 07/24/2016

Score KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 2 vs SEA 3 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 1 vs SEA 2 KC 1 at SEA 1 KC 0 vs SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 1 KC 0 at SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 0 KC 1 vs SEA 1 KC 1 at SEA 0 KC 3 vs SEA 0

SPORTING KANSAS CITY

Result Location W Qwest Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Qwest Field L CommunityAmerica Ballpark L Qwest Field L Livestrong Sporting Park T CenturyLink Field L Sporting Park L CenturyLink Field T CenturyLink Field W Sporting Park T Sporting Park W CenturyLink Field W Children’s Mercy Park

3 1 16 7 17 11

Dom Dwyer 12 Players Dom Dwyer Dom Dwyer Aurelien Collin Espinoza, Sapong

3 5 4 9 8

Tim Melia Jimmy Nielsen Tim Melia Melia, Nielsen Jimmy Nielsen

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

13 Players 1 Three Players 2 Fredy Montero 19 Fredy Montero 8 Osvaldo Alonso 21 Osvaldo Alonso 30

WINS LOSSES SHUTOUTS SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

Kasey Keller 5 Stefan Frei 3 Frei, Keller 2 Stefan Frei 21 Stefan Frei 6

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON GAME HIGHS SPORTING KANSAS CITY

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

Dom Dwyer (7/24/16) 12 Players Three Players Three Players Aurelien Collin (twice) Dwyer, Sapong

GOALS ASSISTS SHOTS SHOTS ON GOAL FOULS COMMITTED FOULS SUFFERED

13 Players Jaqua, Ljungberg (4/11/09) Fredy Montero (4/11/09) Fredy Montero Alonso, Cooper (3/8/14) Osvaldo Alonso

1 2 6 3 4 7

6 Tim Melia (6/6/15) 3 Kevin Hartman (10/17/09)

SAVES GOALS ALLOWED

(9/27/15) Stefan (7/24/16) Stefan

6 3

2 1 6 3 6 4

Frei Frei

ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS SPORTING KANSAS CITY Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks

1 2 OT Total 4 8 0 12 88 89 0 177 34 23 0 57 97 99 0 196 7 11 0 18 40 36 0 76

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC Category 1 2 OT Total Goals 3 10 0 13 Shots 63 73 0 136 Shots on Goal 18 28 0 46 Fouls 81 63 0 144 Offsides 21 18 0 39 Corner Kicks 29 27 0 56

GOALS SCORED IN SERIES BY INTERVAL KC SEA

1-15

1 1

16-30

31-45

1 1

CHILDREN’S MERCY PARK BY THE NUMBERS

19,428

CONSECUTIVE MLS SELLOUTS Dating back to April 2012 (including postseason)

ALL-TIME AVERAGE MLS ATTENDANCE 113 MLS matches since 2011 (including postseason)

SPORTING KC MATCHES PLAYED 107 MLS regular season, 6 MLS postseason, 14 Open Cup, 7 CCL, 5 friendlies

PERCENT CAPACITY IN MLS MATCHES 113 MLS matches since 2011 Seating capacity: 18,467

139

2 1

105.2 5

46-60

2 0

61-75

1 2

76-90

5 8

0 0

Total

12 13

SPORTING KC MATCHES WON

not including penalty shootout victories in 2012 U.S. Open Cup and 2013 MLS Cup finals

229

SPORTING KC GOALS SCORED in 139 matches played at the stadium

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 17, 2017 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TRACKER Players In

Players Out

Tyler Pasher (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Brad Davis (retired - 10/23/16)

Adrian Zendejas (signed from SPR - 12/2/16)

Nuno Coelho (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Igor Juliao (loan - 12/23/16)

Chance Myers (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Gerso Fernandes (transfer - 1/4/17)

Jacob Peterson (out of contract - 11/23/16)

Latif Blessing (transfer - 1/9/17)

Ever Alvarado (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Christian Volesky (trade - 1/9/17)

Emmanuel Appiah (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Cameron Iwasa (signing - 1/10/17)

Connor Hallisey (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Andrew Dykstra (signing - 1/10/17)

Jon Kempin (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Ilie Sanchez (signing - 1/13/17)

Justin Mapp (option not exercised - 11/23/16)

Soony Saad (signing - 1/30/17)

Paulo Nagamura (retired - 12/12/16)

Colton Storm (SuperDraft - 2/24/17)

Alec Kann (Expansion Draft - 12/13/16) Lawrence Olum (trade - 2/3/17) Benji Joya (waived - 2/27/17) Christian Volesky (waived - 2/27/17)

SPORTING KANSAS CITY TRANSACTION TIMELINE DATE IN/OUT DETAILS Oct. 23: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Brad Davis retires Nov. 16: Sporting KC signs M Benny Feilhaber and D Ike Opara to new contracts Nov. 23: OUT D Nuno Coelho, D Chance Myers and F Jacob Peterson leaves Sporting KC out of contract. Sporting KC declines options on D Ever Alvarado, M Emmanuel Appiah, M Connor Hallisey, GK Jon Kempin and M Justin Mapp Dec. 2: IN Sporting KC signs D/M Tyler Pasher and GK Adrian Zendejas from Swope Park Rangers (USL) Dec. 12: OUT Sporting KC midfielder Paulo Nagamura retires Dec. 13: Sporting KC signs D Kevin Ellis, GK Alec Kann and D/M Jimmy Medranda to new contracts Dec. 13: OUT Sporting KC goalkeeper Alec Kann selected in Expansion Draft by Atlanta United FC (MLS) Dec. 23: IN Sporting KC signs D Igor Juliao on loan from Fluminense FC (Brazil) Jan. 4: IN Sporting KC signs F Gerso Fernandes as a Designated Player Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Latif Blessing from Ghana Jan. 9: IN Sporting KC signs F Christian Volesky in trade with Portland Timbers (MLS) Jan. 10: IN Sporting KC signs GK Andrew Dykstra and F Cameron Iwasa Jan. 13: IN Sporting KC signs M Ilie Sanchez Jan. 30: IN Sporting KC re-acquires F Soony Saad Feb. 3: OUT Sporting KC trades M Lawrence Olum to the Portland Timbers (MLS) Feb. 24: IN Sporting KC signs SuperDraft selection D Colton Storm Feb. 27: OUT Sporting KC waives M Benji Joya and F Christian Volesky

CONSTRUCTING SPORTING KANSAS CITY Year

MLS SuperDraft

2009

Matt Besler (8th) Graham Zusi (23rd)

Signings

2011 2012

Jimmy Medranda (8/9/13) Saad Abdul-Salaam (12th)

2016 2017

Homegrown Players

Seth Sinovic (5/10/11)

Kevin Ellis (2/18/11)

Benny Feilhaber (12/11/12) Ike Opara (12/12/12)

Erik Palmer-Brown (8/2/13)

Cameron Porter (7/12/16)

Daniel Salloi (1/13/16)

MLS Re-Entry Draft

Dom Dwyer (16th)

2013 2015

Trades

Tim Melia (12/23/14) Roger Espinoza (1/6/15) Soni Mustivar (2/16/15) Diego Rubio (3/8/16)

Colton Storm (14th)

Tyler Pasher (12/2/16) Adrian Zendejas (12/2/16) Igor Juliao (loan) (12/23/16) Gerso Fernandes (1/4/17) Latif Blessing (1/9/17) Cameron Iwasa (1/10/17) Ilie Sanchez (1/13/17) Soony Saad (1/30/17)

Andrew Dykstra (Second Round)

Sporting KC Game Notes | May 17, 2017 vs. Seattle Sounders FC | SportingKC.com/Game-Notes SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

COMPETITION

TIME (CT) / RESULT

Saturday, March 4

at D.C. United

MLS

0-0 --

SATURDAY, MARCH 11

FC DALLAS

MLS

0-0

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES

MLS

2-1

Feilhaber, Own Goal

Friday, March 31

at Toronto FC

MLS

0-0

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

COLORADO RAPIDS

MLS

3-1

Sinovic, Gerso, Dwyer

Saturday, April 15

at Portland Timbers

MLS

1-0

Dwyer

Saturday, April 22

at FC Dallas

MLS

0-1

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

REAL SALT LAKE

MLS

3-0

Feilhaber, Dwyer, Gerso

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

NEW YORK RED BULLS

MLS

2-0

Dwyer (2)

Sunday, May 7

at Minnesota United FC

MLS

0-2

Saturday, May 13

at Orlando City SC

MLS

2-2

Blessing (2)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

MLS